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New Photos Added! We've added new photos of the Sea Bird at dry dock, pictures prior to clean up, and some pictures of the tesla turbine.
Check out the new gallery

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Kris Land a San Diego Based Technology Entrepreneur has entered into a purchase agreement to purchase the Sea Bird. The Sea Bird is a commercial fishing vessel, orginally created as an Army Ship. A brief history of the Sea Bird is as follows:

·	2006 - Current Disposition, tuna long liner (fishing boat) Sea Bird out of San Diego, CA
·	1996 - Sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service, for commercial service, June 11
·	1995 - Struck from the Naval Register, April 4
·	1994 - Ceremony in New Bedford
·	1971 - New Bedford (IX-308) served as a Torpedo Test Firing Vessel in the Puget Sound area
·	1963 - Reclassified Miscellaneous Unclassified, (IX-308)
·	1955 to 1963 - Used as a cargo supply ship for the Texas Towers, a network of advanced radar stations located off the Eastern Seaboard. In 1957, Capt. Sixto Mangual was commander of the AKL-17 and in 1961 it was rechristened the USNS New Bedford. The New Bedford, sailing out of State Pier, was keeping vigil when Texas Tower No. 4 collapsed off the New Jersey coast during a January 1961 nor'easter.
·	1954 - The movie, Mister Roberts, was made on the USNS New Bedford (T-AKL-17)
·	1950 - Acquired by the US Navy, July 1 and placed in service as USNS New Bedford (T-AKL-17)
·	1945 - Delivered to the US Army
·	1944 - Camano Class Light Cargo Ship Laid down for the US Army as FS-289 at Wheeler Shipbuilding, Whitestone, N.Y.
Links to more news, information, and pictures of the history of the Seabird / New Bedford

Mr. Land is looking forward to furthering the history of the Sea Bird by doing a conversion to efficient propos ion technologies that will make the Sea Bird an eco-friendly model for Fishing fleets from CA to world wide. In addition to fishing, the Sea Bird will be used for learning, exploration and adventure.

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